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Ticket Probe Reverberates Outside Court

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Alison Fox and

Tamer El-Ghobashy

Updated April 19, 2011 12:01 a.m. ET

For people charged with moving violations, Monday was business as usual at traffic court in the Bronx—even as authorities investigate allegations that hundreds of police officers in the borough participated in a ticket-fixing scheme.

Once in front of a judge, they pleaded for leniency, offering a wide array of "evidence" and a number of excuses as to why their summons should be dismissed or their fine reduced.